Transcript HM_14-5

HM 14-5
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Measuring Self-Destruction Behavior
 Kathryn Kelley and her associates (1985)
developed a scale to measure people’s selfdestruction behavior.
 They viewed self-destructiveness as a tendency
to engage in behaviors that increase the
likelihood of negative consequences or that
decrease the likelihood of positive
consequences in the future.
 Chronic self-destructiveness, then, involves
behavior that will probably be detrimental to
one’s health and well-being in the long run.
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The Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale (CSDS)
appears in HM 14-5. The scale measures an
aspect of personality that seems to underlie a
variety of behaviors related to the personality
disorders.
 Indeed, Kelley et al. found the chronic selfdestructiveness is positively correlated with
academic cheating, traffic violations, adolescent
rebelliousness, and treatment for drug and
alcohol abuse.
 In addition to these indicators of validity, Kelley
et al. report acceptable levels of reliability.
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If you use this scale in class, students
should be advised that scores on the
CSDS do not predict the occurrence of a
personality disorder but show only
common patterns of behavior.
 The 73 items in HM 14-5 actually make up
two 52-item scales, one for each gender.
Scoring instructions for each gender
follow:
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Women
Score A=1, B=2,C=3, D=4, E=5 for items: 5, 8, 11,
15, 18, 19, 22, 31, 33, 37, 39, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 53,
63
Score A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1 for items: 1, 2, 6, 7,
9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32,
36, 38, 41, 47, 49, 54, 56, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 67,
69
Men
Score A=1, B=2, C=3, D=4, E=5 for items: 4, 14, 18,
21, 22, 39, 40, 45, 48, 53, 57, 59, 63, 65, 72, 73
Score A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1 for items: 2, 3, 10,
12, 13, 17, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 41,
42, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66,
67, 68, 69, 70, 71
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Both genders should have 52 items, with
number recorded in place of a letter.
 The score on the CSDS is simply the sum
of those numbers.
 The following norms are from Kelley et al.
(1985):
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High Score
Intermediate Score
Low Score
Women
157-260
105-156
52-104
Men
158-260
97-157
52-96